diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
index 370a7cd9d8..233fafcc0d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 
 	defaultQemuMachineType = QemuQ35
 
-	defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,kernel_irqchip=on"
+	defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm"
 
 	splitIrqChipMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,kernel_irqchip=split"